How to Flash a Custom Recovery on the Huawei U8180

What can a smartphone priced at $99 offer you? Well, the Huawei’s U8180 has a lot to offer its users and with the development community around, the phone has really gotten some taste of custom ROMs, too. These custom ROMs cooked by the enthusiasts have much more to provide you than what your stock firmware has and to use such ROMs, you’re going to need a custom recovery. Don’t be afraid, the developers have also made it available for the device and to make it supereasy, following is the guide that shows how you can install the famous ClockworkMod Recovery on your Huawei U8180 smartphone. Let’s get started.

I. Before You Begin:

1. You must have rooted your device before doing this procedure. Please head to our How to Root the Huawei U8180 procedure first, finish it, then return to this procedure and continue.

2. Make sure you have charged your device to have at least 60% of battery life left.

IV. Flash a Custom ROM (Optional):

If this procedure helped you please thank/donate to the original developers here and here.

If you need help with this procedure, please ask in the comments below or in the forum.

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